Public Diary Calls For Voicemails From Strangers

Written By:

Daniela Walker

Jeff Lam’s Voicemail Diaries project asks strangers to contribute an entry to an audio diary by leaving an anonymous voicemail of private thoughts.

Art director and artist Jeff Lam is intrigued by strangers. In 2011, he created a video – The Nicest Place on the Internet – which anyone who was feeling blue could watch to receive a virtual hug from strangers. Now, he has set up Voicemail Diaries, a new online project where people call an actual phone number and leave a voicemail in response to Lam's series of questions.

The first entry asks ‘Who are you most grateful for and why?' People can call in anonymously and share whatever is on their minds on the subject (until November 8th) and Lam will compile them into a podcast. He says:

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